"The return marks the near-conclusion of the largest nurses strike in NYC, an ongoing battle over pay, benefits and safe staffing levels. The labor standoff, however, is still in full force at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, where more than 4,200 nurses remain on strike after their union, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) declined the most recent proposal from hospital management and mediators."
"After nearly one month in the freezing cold, nurses are happy to get back to their patients with contracts that improve care for New Yorkers, Nancy Hagains, RN, president of NYSNA, said. They showed their employers and this city the lengths they would go in order to protect their patients. They're stronger and more united than ever. Hagans added that NYSNA members who have returned to their hospital rounds still support fellow nurses on the picket line outside of NewYork-Presbyterian."
Over 10,000 nurses returned to Mount Sinai and Montefiore hospitals after a month-long strike, resuming 7 a.m. shifts and returning in time for Valentine's Day. The action marks a near-conclusion of the largest nurses strike in NYC, while more than 4,200 nurses remain on strike at NewYork-Presbyterian after NYSNA declined a management proposal. Ratified three-year contracts at Montefiore and Mount Sinai maintain and improve enforceable safe staffing standards, protect nurses from workplace violence, and preserve nurses' health benefits. Nurses expressed relief at returning to patient care and asserted increased unity and resolve following extended picketing in cold weather.
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